Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal

Summary

Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal MLB Gameday and MLB.tv are great, but sometimes you want to keep an eye on a game a bit more discreetly. playball puts the game in a terminal window. Quick Start Just want to try it out? $ npx playball Install Ready for the big leagues? Install the package globally $ npm install -g playball Then run it $ playball Docker $ docker build -t playball . $ docker run -it --rm --name playball playball:latest Keys Global key action q quit c go to schedule view s go to standings view Schedule View key action ↓ / j , ↑ / k , ← / h , → / l change highlighted game enter view highlighted game p show previous day's schedule/results n show next day's schedule t return to today's schedule Game View key action ↓ / j , ↑ / k scroll list of all plays Configuration Playball can be configured using the config subcommand. To list the current configuration values run the subcommand with no additional arguments: playball config You should see output similar to: color.ball = green color.favorite-star = yellow color.in-play-no-out = blue color.in-play-out = white color.in-play-runs-bg = white color.in-play-runs-fg = black color.on-base = yellow color.other-event = white color.out = red color.strike = red color.strike-out = red color.walk = green favorites = To get the value of a single setting pass the key as an additional argument: playball config color.strike To change a setting pass the key and value as arguments: playball config color.strike blue To revert a setting to its default value provide the key and the --unset flag: playball config color.strike --unset This table summarizes the available settings: key description default allowed values color.ball Color of dots representing balls in top row of game view green One of the following: black , red , green , yellow , blue , magenta , cyan , white , grey . Any of those colors may be prefixed by bright- or light- (for example bright-green ). The exact color used will depend on your ter...